Wonder, blunder, salve, solve!
Working on tools that expand what people can think and do.
Past: led R&D @KhanAcademy; helped build iOS @Apple.
Quite breathtaking paper: [link] Computationally identifying transcriptional phenotypes by using CRISPR interference to knockdown genes, then sequencing millions of cells (!) to correlate the varying perturbations with transcription effects.
Holden K's been writing a great series exploring why depictions of non-ironic utopias are so rare / unappealing. I really love this suggestion in his latest post—that you can get a feel for a "moderate" utopia thru media centered on sports or performing arts.
Boy, this is a phenomenal piece. The central point really resonates with my own experience: when I catch myself trying to "do research", I'm usually a) unhappy and b) doing bad work. The best work does seem to happen when I'm desperate to understand something, as Kanjun suggests.